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Issue 209
'No Current Plans' to Scrap Single Word Ratings For Council Adult Social Care Services... Despite Mounting Calls
Following on from last week’s calls for reform of the social care rating system, the Local Government Association (LGA) has added its voice and is calling for the scrapping of single word ratings in Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessments of councils’ adult social care services completely, following an earlier decision to end single word ratings in Ofsted inspections.
However, the government has said it is “not currently considering a change”. The LGA, which represents 350 councils across England, said CQC’s existing assessment reports, which provide helpful narrative summaries and more detailed analysis by different themes, is sufficient and provide a useful and balanced picture of the quality of services.
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